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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
  • Group Constructs
  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • Substitution
  • A single character of: a, b or c
    [abc]
  • A character except: a, b or c
    [^abc]
  • A character in the range: a-z
    [a-z]
  • A character not in the range: a-z
    [^a-z]
  • A character in the range: a-z or A-Z
    [a-zA-Z]
  • Any single character
    .
  • Alternate - match either a or b
    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
    \s
  • Any non-whitespace character
    \S
  • Any digit
    \d
  • Any non-digit
    \D
  • Any word character
    \w
  • Any non-word character
    \W
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
  • Capturing group
    (...)
  • Zero or one of a
    a?
  • Zero or more of a
    a*
  • One or more of a
    a+
  • Exactly 3 of a
    a{3}
  • 3 or more of a
    a{3,}
  • Between 3 and 6 of a
    a{3,6}
  • Start of string
    ^
  • End of string
    $
  • A word boundary
    \b
  • Non-word boundary
    \B

Regular Expression
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import Foundation let pattern = #"^((NO)[0-9A-Z]{2}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{3}|(NO)[0-9A-Z]{13}|(BE)[0-9A-Z]{2}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}|(BE)[0-9A-Z]{14}|(DK|FO|FI|GL|NL)[0-9A-Z]{2}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{2}|(DK|FO|FI|GL|NL)[0-9A-Z]{16}|(MK|SI)[0-9A-Z]{2}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{3}|(MK|SI)[0-9A-Z]{17}|(BA|EE|KZ|LT|LU|AT)[0-9A-Z]{2}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}|(BA|EE|KZ|LT|LU|AT)[0-9A-Z]{18}|(HR|LI|LV|CH)[0-9A-Z]{2}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{1}|(HR|LI|LV|CH)[0-9A-Z]{19}|(BG|DE|IE|ME|RS|GB)[0-9A-Z]{2}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{2}|(BG|DE|IE|ME|RS|GB)[0-9A-Z]{20}|(GI|IL)[0-9A-Z]{2}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{3}|(GI|IL)[0-9A-Z]{21}|(AD|CZ|SA|RO|SK|ES|SE|TN)[0-9A-Z]{2}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}|(AD|CZ|SA|RO|SK|ES|SE|TN)[0-9A-Z]{22}|(PT)[0-9A-Z]{2}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{1}|(PT)[0-9A-Z]{23}|(IS|TR)[0-9A-Z]{2}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{2}|(IS|TR)[0-9A-Z]{24}|(FR|GR|IT|MC|SM)[0-9A-Z]{2}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{3}|(FR|GR|IT|MC|SM)[0-9A-Z]{25}|(AL|CY|HU|LB|PL)[0-9A-Z]{2}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}|(AL|CY|HU|LB|PL)[0-9A-Z]{26}|(MU)[0-9A-Z]{2}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{2}|(MU)[0-9A-Z]{28}|(MT)[0-9A-Z]{2}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{4}[ ][0-9A-Z]{3}|(MT)[0-9A-Z]{29})$"# let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern) let testString = #""# let stringRange = NSRange(location: 0, length: testString.utf16.count) let matches = regex.matches(in: testString, range: stringRange) var result: [[String]] = [] for match in matches { var groups: [String] = [] for rangeIndex in 1 ..< match.numberOfRanges { let nsRange = match.range(at: rangeIndex) guard !NSEqualRanges(nsRange, NSMakeRange(NSNotFound, 0)) else { continue } let string = (testString as NSString).substring(with: nsRange) groups.append(string) } if !groups.isEmpty { result.append(groups) } } print(result)

Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for Swift 5.2, please visit: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/nsregularexpression